Caution: Before you read any further, be warned that there may be spoilers for those who aren't fully updated. I'm up to date on both the manga and anime.

Time: This takes place somewhere, I'm not sure where, but there has nothing to do with his seal and he hasn't left yet. Also, they know all their jutsus shown in the manga and anime. I'm sorry if some of it is hard to understand because some of the information comes late in the manga/anime. Tsunade is now Godaime.

Last Notes: I put some Japanese in this fanfic so if you don't understand, just look to the bottom of each chapter and it'll show the relative translation. As for jutsus, I put the English in parenthesis, but it might not describe a whole if you're not familiar with it. Hopefully it's all easy to understand though. Thanks for reading and a review would be nice. I like both encouraging comments and constructive criticism as well. Again, thanks everyone!

Chapter One

Naruto rushed into Godaime's office excitedly, smashing the double doors into the walls, "Tsunade-obaasan! She's here!"

The Hokage, Tsunade, awoke from her light sleep. "N… nani? Oh, oh, Naruto," she yawns and says tiredly, "That's good. Go and greet her, I'll be there in a few minutes." Naruto leapt noisily about before leaving the room and Tsunade grinned as he left, yawning again.

The inspector for Konoha, the Hidden Village of Leaf in the Fire Country, had arrived. Every ten years, an inspector would be elected from the Hidden Village of Mist to observe their neighboring country. If the inspector found the village to be unworthy of continuing whether it was due to a low population or terrible conditions, he or she would report back and inform their village leader. If the inspector never returns, then war is the most possible event to come out of the murder. Every major country inspected another in a cycle, just as the Hidden Village of Mist inspected the Hidden Village of Leaf, did the Hidden Village of Leaf inspect the Hidden Village of Sand, and so on. There were six major villages involved in this system, Sound, Leaf, Rain, Sand, Cloud and Mist.

Tsunade greeted the inspector warmly, "Welcome to Konoha, I'm Tsunade, the village's fifth Hokage."

The inspector nodded, she was cloaked in a beige cloth and her face was hidden behind a violet veil that hung from a straw hat. Her voice was unusually deep for a female, but her words were proud and robust, "I, Orikasa Tirasu, inspector from the Hidden Village of Mist have to come to inspect the Hidden Village of Leaf. Upon my visit, I request that no trouble be brought to me or my escorts through the duration of our stay."

Tsunade's smiling face became serious as the simple tone of the inspector's speech told her that Tirasu meant business. "Very well, you may observe this village to it's every speck of dust if necessary and if harm be done to you, I, Tsunade, Konoha's fifth Hokage, will see to it that you recover and return safely to your village."

Tsunade looked from Tirasu's figure to her three escorts, all of which had dark blue cloaks and straw hats with black veils. A silence swept the room and left almost as suddenly, when Tirasu removed her hat, revealing her face. She was a fair adult with dark purple hair and bright blue eyes. "Now that all the whole formal introduction is over with, how about an easy talk over a cup of tea?" questioned the inspector, whose serious manner had completely left her and replaced with a childish behavior.

Tsunade blinked and was quite surprised at the sudden change, but smiled happily with Tirasu, "So, so, please, do come in. Would your escorts be accompanying you in?"

Tirasu looked up in thought. "Ah, hmm," turning around so that she faced the three on their knees, she spoke again in the vigorous powerful voice, "Dismissed until further notice." And with the blink of an eye, the three disappeared and were nowhere to be seen.

Tirasu turned around, "So how about that cup of tea we were talking about Tsunade?"

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Naruto, who had been left in the now-empty room decided to follow after the three. Passing by his teammates, Sakura and Sasuke, he called to them, "Yoi! Want to meet the new visitors?" Sakura and Sasuke nodded and sped off with Naruto, following the three shadows.

The three escorts were speeding through the village in blurs of blue, leaping from rooftop to rooftop. A while later, Sakura began to breath heavily and eventually stopped, "Go on without me, I'll catch up."

Naruto nodded, while Sasuke didn't even look back. The two continued to dash after the three Mist Nin. After nearly leaping off every house in the village, Naruto began to gasp for air as he cried, "Kuso, they're so fast!"

Sasuke nodded in silence thinking, they haven't even slowed since their first departure from the Hokage's lobby.

Finally, after many rounds the three figures stopped at an open grass field and Naruto and Sasuke landed, completely wiped out and panting for air. The three stood in a triangle facing the two followers and the one at the front of the triangle, presuming to be the male leader spoke firmly, "Who are you two and why are you following us?"

Naruto was too exhausted to answer so Sasuke spoke for the both of them, "We just wanted to see where you guys were headed and who you are." Naruto nodded in agreement while resting on the floor.

The leader spoke again, "We are Mist Nin from the Hidden Village of the Mist and where we are headed is not of your concern."

Naruto breathed, "We know you're Mist Nin, but who are you really?"

The Mist Nin gave no reply and for a while no words were exchanged between the two groups. Finally, Sakura made the scene and looked at Naruto and Sasuke to the three individuals. A little bit confused she asked, "Sasuke-kun, Naruto, why are you staring at…"

Sakura never finished her sentence because Sasuke immediately dashed off to the three Nins and hit one of them. A puff of smoke went out, leaving nothing but a log. Sasuke turned and made contact with the other two, both of them did the same as the first. "Kuso," Sasuke muttered to himself, "So they were all just substitutes."

"Nani, Sasuke-kun? What happened?" Sakura asked out of curiosity.

Naruto and Sakura stared at Sasuke's back as the young genin spoke, "They successfully carried out their Kawarimi (Body Substitute) no Jutsu without me noticing."

Sakura tilted her head and Naruto squinted his eyes. "Eh?" they both said at the same time.

Sasuke continued to speak without turning around, "To have done so, they would have had to have done it all at the same time, as to trick our eyes into believing they were all real. Because our eyes need a medium to base our visions on, without one, we would not be able to tell if something was out of the ordinary. The unison of their acts was fast and unbelievingly accurate and precise. Well…" Sasuke turned his head, looking over his shoulder at Sakura and Naruto with his Sharingan eyes, "Next time they won't be so lucky."

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The three Mist Nin arrived at the room they were to stay in for the night. However, the room looked more like an apartment, as there were two restrooms, three bedrooms, a dining room, a kitchen and a living room with couches and everything. One of them took off his hat and cloak as he placed it on a stand and fell relaxingly on the cushioned couch. He placed his entire body across the couch, with one hand he rested on the headrest and with his other, he ran it through his cold blue hair to get rid of the clumping caused by the cap. Looking at the leader with his dark black eyes, he spoke, "Yoi, Keiji, don't you think we should have told them our names at least?"

Keiji removed his hat and cloak and placed it on the stand as well as he leaned against the wall with his arms crossed, "This is a B-ranked mission, Haro, we can't afford any mistakes. We cannot simply trust someone out of nowhere. Remember, we are only here to inspect and protect the inspector, not for fun and games."

Haro nodded at his silver-haired teammate, "I know, I know, but what's the harm in getting acquainted with a few of our fellow genin?"

Keiji stared at Haro annoyingly and the pierce from Keiji's dark blue eyes sent a wave of uneasiness through Haro's back, "Okay, okay, I'm good."

The third member of the team removed her hat and cloak as she silently walked across the living room and quietly slid open the glass door to the balcony. Closing it gently behind her, Haro sighed, "You'd think we've been with her for so long, she'd actually start to talk to us once in a while."

Keiji maintained his pose as he stared through the glass pane and watched his teammate's black blue hair shine in the moonlight and sway with the wind. "We don't even know if Kirisu 'can' talk. Since the day she came to the Hidden Mist, no one has heard her say a word, not even our most powerful hypnotists. They say her will is too strong and yet at the same time too weak. Even when taken to the mind readers, they immediately cut mind contact with her and shake their heads disappointingly. She's a mystery, that one."

Haro looked at Keiji suspiciously with his eyes narrowed, "How do you know so much about her? Even 'I' don't know that Kiri's name is short for Kirisu."

Keiji rubbed the back of his neck and laughed nervously, "Oh, oops. Let's just say I snuck into the school records and read your profiles."

Haro's eyes widened as he turned his head away with his lips pouted to the side, "Lucky bastard, why didn't you take me with you?"

Keiji removed himself from the wall, "Well, get some rest Haro, find a room and close the door so that we know which one is taken already. We need to wake up early tomorrow."

Haro nodded as he picked himself off the couch and walked towards the rooms, "I know, I know."

When Haro shut the door, Keiji softly opened the glass screen and closed it behind him. Standing next to Kirisu, who was leaning against the metal side of the balcony and looking up at the night sky, he sighed, "It was quite a day eh?"

Without looking at him, Kirisu nodded. Keiji looked up to see what Kirisu was looking at. "Wow, the sky is so clear here in Konoha."

Kirisu nodded again. "Hey," called Keiji.

Kirisu turned her head, the slash scar on her left cheek seemed unusually visible as the moon's light shined upon it. Keiji found Kirisu staring at him with her blank silver ice blue eyes. They seemed so empty to Keiji that he completely forgot what he was going to ask.

"Well," spoke Keiji, turning around and placing a hand on her shoulder, "Whichever room has the open door is yours okay? Get some rest, we need to wake up early tomorrow."

Kirisu looked up at the dark sky with the full moon and stars again and nodded. The glass door shut without a noise as Keiji returned indoors.

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"I'm telling you Sasuke, they're not purposely taunting you!" cried Naruto as he and his two teammates, Sakura and Sasuke, walked down the dark lit street.

Sasuke shook his head, "They are, why else would they commit such an act in front of me, an Uchiha!"

Sakura tried to calm Sasuke down after hearing the whole story, "Sasuke-kun, don't take it so personally, they just didn't want to answer Naruto's question."

Sasuke grumbled, "Shut up Sakura."

Sakura let out a soft whine and Naruto perked up, "Hey! Don't tell Sakura-chan to shut up! You're the one who…"

Sasuke cut Naruto off as he stood staring upwards. Naruto and Sakura stared at Sasuke for a moment. Sakura asked, "What is it, Sasuke-kun?"

Following Sasuke's gaze, Naruto and Sakura discovered what Sasuke was looking at, or moreover, 'who' he was looking at.

Naruto blushed as he saw what Sasuke saw, "Wow, she's even cuter than Sakura-chan."

Sakura then smacked both boys across the head, leaving throbbing bumps as she cried, "How dare you say such a thing, baka!"

Naruto complained, "But look at her Sakura-chan, you can't compete with that."

That comment earned Naruto another whack across the head as well as a fight from Sakura. Sasuke ignored the two and continued to stare, thinking, I haven't seen her before, where did 'she' come from? Unless…

Sasuke's thoughts were broken as the girl down at them. Sasuke tensed up and he tried to hide his blush. Naruto and Sakura stopped in mid-fight as Sakura's grip on Naruto weakened, does he really prize her more than he does me? Is Naruto right? Can I really not compete with her? After all, she captured Sasuke's attention with a mere glance, whereas I can't even grab attention even now.

Naruto noticed Sakura's sullen face and tried to cheer her up, "Don't worry Sakura-chan! I…"

Naruto stopped in mid-sentence as Sakura had turned around and walked the other way, her hair covering her eyes and tears streaming down her cheeks. Naruto turned to Sasuke, his head fumed, "Now look what you've done Sasuke! You've made Sakura-chan sad!"

Sasuke didn't even look away, "Shut up, Naruto! If you care for Sakura so much, then go tend to her."

Naruto stared at Sasuke with slit eyes and his lower lip jutting out, "Fine, I think I will," and with that, the noise went dead.

Sasuke tried to be as cool as he could, his usual self, "Who are you? I haven't seen you around before."

The girl didn't answer, but instead turned her back to go inside. Before Sasuke even realized what he was doing, he had leapt onto the balcony wall and grabbed the girl's wrist. "Answer me!" he proclaimed.

The girl's head was nodded to the ground as her bangs shadowed her eyes. After a simple second, she simply made a palm with her immobilized wrist and twisted it so that Sasuke was forced to let go. The moment Sasuke's grip was loosened, she quickly used her other hand and smashed her flat palm against Sasuke's stomach. Sasuke flew back from the balcony and hit the wall. The force had been so strong and sudden, that the contact created a sunken sphere upon impact. A few particles from the wall fell with Sasuke as he plunged to the ground with blood running down the side of his mouth.

Struggling to lift himself off the ground, he looked up to find that the girl was no longer there and the light that had shone from the apartment was gone. Sighing and questioning why he had even attempted to do such a thing puzzled him. Sasuke got up and rested against the wall for a while until he gained enough strength to walk again. While walking, he coughed up blood and held his stomach. Internal damage? Does she… have the Byakugan (White Eyes)?

-obaasan: used for an old lady

-chan: used mostly for younger people, usually girls

-kun: used mostly for younger people, usually guys

Nani: what

Sharingan: copy wheel eyes